by | May 1, 2024 | Adams, Lucas, Diamond, Michael, Fremont, Daved, Raju, Saravanan
— VLDLR-based Decoy Receptors to Prevent Alphavirus Infections
Technology Description
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed very low-density lipoprotein receptor (VLDLR) soluble decoy receptors with potent inhibitory activity in vitro and in vivo. Eastern equine encephali…
by | Feb 13, 2024 | Chheda, Milan, Diamond, Michael, Gorman, Matthew
— T-017429 Engineered Oncolytic Zika Virus Therapy for Glioblastoma
Technology Description
Researchers in the laboratories of Michael Diamond and Milan Chheda at Washington University have developed prospective treatments for glioblastoma (GBM) through the application of an engineered Zika virus (ZI…
by | Feb 2, 2024 | Asadi Jomnani, Farzad, Dolle, Roland "Ron", Piston, David
— T-020153 – Small Molecule Agonists of EphA Receptors to Ameliorate Diabetes
Technology Description
Blood glucose levels (left), post-treatment plasma glucagon (center) in WCDD301 treated NOD (non-obese diabetic) mice with moderate hyperglycemia. Blood glucose levels (right) in Streptozotocin-ind…
by | Apr 20, 2022 | Jain, Umang, Stappenbeck, Thaddeus
— Technology Description:
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have identified a new avenue for treatment of non-healing ulcers in patients with Crohn’s disease by targeting Debaryomyces hansenii. While the cause of Crohn’s disease is unknown, the fungus D. hansenii colonize…
by | Apr 13, 2022 | Colonna, Marco, Secca da Silva, Cristiane
— Disease indication – Autoimmune diseases (plaque psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, Crohn’s disease)
Drug format – Monoclonal antibody
Drug class – First-in-class
Research stage and preliminary data – Researchers have stimulated human ILC3s with IL-23 in vitro, with and…